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Some background: I'm trying to set up CUPS on my Chromebook running Ubuntu 14.04 via crouton. I've downloaded and installed the necessary files and I am trying to get the CUPS service running. I have been referring to this guide https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/Printing.

Whenever I try to manually start the service sudo service cups start I get thrown an "Unknown job" error. I've also tried to run CUPS via sudo /usr/sbin/cupsd. That command doesn't return any errors, but when I check to see if the service is running the same error as before appears. Does anyone have a solution to this?

I would also like to know how to properly add the /usr/sbin/cupsd command to /etc/rc.local.

Any help is appreciated.

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WIP: (answered half of the question)

  1. I would also like to know how to properly add the /usr/sbin/cupsd command to /etc/rc.local.

    a. Open gedit and paste the following (ignore "):

    "#!/bin/sh -e

    sudo /usr/sbin/cupsd

    exit 0"

    b. Save the file as anyname.sh to /path/to/your/directory (its best to keep the path in your home directory:)

    c. Now, open terminal and type:

    sudo gedit /etc/rc.local

    d. Add the following line before exit 0.

    sudo sh /path/to/your/directory/anyname.sh

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  • I couldn't understand the other question that you asked, could you please elaborate or if your question 's been answered could you please accept it.
    – Raphael
    Nov 12, 2015 at 2:18
  • My main question was regarding how to deal with the "Unknown Job: cups" error I was getting. I can't really elaborate more than I have before regarding the error. My CUPS print service won't start on a fresh crouton install on my chromebook. That's pretty much it, sorry.
    – Phil Rojas
    Nov 12, 2015 at 3:27
  • According to this post here you have to install avahi-daemon - ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=2174219&page=2
    – Raphael
    Nov 12, 2015 at 3:36
  • Or you can see here - askubuntu.com/questions/508612/which-init-daemon-starts-cups
    – Raphael
    Nov 12, 2015 at 3:39

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